Sportage 2.2 Auto

Excellent road holding - feels VERY safe!

We have a Sportage 05 plate, then we bought a Skoda Fabia which we kept for ten years, then we unfortunately bought a Vauxhall 1.6, black inside AND outside, which we kept for three years, it was good on petrol, but sluggish otherwise; glad we sold it! Peter Vardy STILL hound us to service it (PV Aberdeen-Don't go there!) even though we sold it eighteen months ago!
The new Sportage: Firstly, it has a proper spare wheel! Why oh why do we not get a spare wheel any more? A spare wheel is insurance against being stranded out in the middle of nowhere, a quick wheel change, then you can complete your journey and NOT rely on AA/RAC/Green flag etc.
I took a bit of time learning the new sat-nav (too many variables), the inside is not quite as spacious as the old Sportage, but I hardly ever sit in the back, although they look very nice I find the leather seats a little hard on a long journey, so I take a pillow to sit on- problem solved!
I miss the reclining rear seats and the direction marker on the rear view mirror, which I found to be very useful.
The automatic gear change on the new car,is almost imperceptible, as it is, on our ten year (and counting) old car.
The new Sportage has several nagware safety additions which bleep constantly when at rest, which annoyed me somewhat at first, but I can see the reason for them, so I am getting used to being bleeped at!
Fuel usage is good for such a nice, sturdy car, I wouldn't like to be in one of those frugal, to point of insanity, biscuit tin cars which seem to be all the rage now.
I like the panoramic tilt and slide sun roof, 'keyless' entry (you still need the key about your person to gain entry), lighting is very good, paintwork is excellent, so is the overall finish, heated front and rear seats, heated steering wheel (such decadence!), individual heating, all in all, a lovely car!
Jim Pickering.

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